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Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Man uses Twitter
account to trick
English town into
believing he's the
mayor

Apparently all you need to be mayor is the right Twitter account. More »
3 percent of kids
have viewed online
porn in the U.K.

That's almost as many Americans voted for Ralph Nader in 2000. More »
Banksy turns his
eye to UK
surveillance

A mysterious painting appeared overnight. More »
Who’s on NSA’s list of 122 heads of state to track?

We only know 11 of the 122. But No. 9 is the NSA's old favorite, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. More »
How this marketer gamed Tinder for hundreds of matches

Blake Jamieson used Photoshop to exploit the Tinder platform. Is this ethical? More »
How to have an out of body experience

You can have an out of body experience right now, and it isn’t even that hard. More »
Lulu quietly changed its app so that it’s opt-in for dudes

They're requiring men to sign up for the website if they want to be ranked. More »
This 27-year-old medical student is auctioning off her virginity online

Elizabeth Raine doesn't care if you think selling one's virginity is empowering or oppressive. She just wants to make bank doing it. More »

Why I rank my
friends by income,
IQ and hotness

Milo Yiannopoulos explains why he keeps a database of his friends and colleagues and rates their personal, professional, physical and financial attributes. More »
Tech City: I hate to
say ‘I told you so’

In the first instalment of his new weekly column, Milo Yiannopoulos reflects on Government disasters in east London, Lily Cole’s website and Adolf Hitler. More »
Advice for aspiring
Edward Snowdens

Edward Snowden wasn't the hero that the American people needed. Greg Stevens looks at why his mission as a whistleblower failed and what the next government leaker should bear in mind. More »
Is it OK to laugh at Hitler now?

Mein Kampf is sailing to the top of the e-book charts. Jeremy Wilson on how the Nazis are becoming fair game again - and why that might be dangerous. More »
The anti-sugar campaign is sinister and silly

You don't bully people into eating more healthily by banning sugar. It's a cop out designed to grab headlines, says Chris Tilbury. More »
The menthol ban isn’t just stupid – it’s racist

Milo Yiannopoulos asks why the EU is focusing on menthol cigarettes when there's nothing different about them except who smokes them. More »

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